CVE-2016-1576

Summary

CVECVE-2016-1576
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-05-02 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-18 17:59:00 UTC
DescriptionThe overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not properly restrict the mount namespace, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting an overlayfs filesystem on top of a FUSE filesystem, and then executing a crafted setuid program.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Core 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Core 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Touch 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Touch 15.04 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
launchpadlibrarian.net/235300225/0006-overlayfs-Propogate-nosuid-from-lower-and-uppe... MISC launchpadlibrarian.net
Overlayfs Over Fuse Local Root Privilege Escalation MISC www.halfdog.net Exploit
oss-security - Overlayfs over Fuse Privilege Escalation in USERNS MLIST www.openwall.com
Bug #1535150 “CVE-2016-1576” : Bugs : linux package : Ubuntu CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2021-3847: OverlayFS - Potential Privilege Escalation using overlays copy_up MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE-2016-1576 in Ubuntu CONFIRM people.canonical.com
launchpadlibrarian.net/235300093/0005-overlayfs-Be-more-careful-about-copying-up-sxi... MISC launchpadlibrarian.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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